3 days Ago By Adam Toms
New data has revealed the part of the UK where people can expect to live the longest. It comes as the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveals that Blackpool in Lancashire is the place where male can expect to have the shortest innings. Glasgow was the place where men could expect the briefest life span in the country, but now data suggests that a baby boy born in Scotland's largest city between 2021 and 2023 is likely to live for 73.
6 years on average. A boy born in Blackpool , meanwhile, will live for only 73.1 years.
On the other end of the scale, life expectancy for men in Hart, Hampshire is a whopping 83.44 for those born between 2021 and 2023. However, Hart is sixth on the leaderboard when it comes to women, who are expected to live for 85.
89 years. Kensington and Chelsea in London is number one for females, who live longer than average than gentlemen, as they are thought to live until they are 86.46 on average in the area.
Richmond-upon-Thames (86.27) is next, followed by Winchester (86.11), Uttlesford (85.
95) and South Hams (85.91). Hart is full of scenic villages, such as Long Sutton, Blounce, Well, Crondall, Ewshot, Church Crookham, Odiham, Whitehall, not to be confused with the street in London; North Warnborough, Mattingley Hazeley, Heckfield, Bramshill Hartfordbridge and Minley.
Fleet is the largest town in the area, and is described as a bedroom community for London. Hart is primarily agricultural in nature, and produces cereals, dairy products, and lettuce. In terms of industry, there are motor-vehicle and textile plants.
Odiham is an historic market parish, complete with a 13th to 14th-century Church of All Saints and Georgian homes. Northwest of the village is the ruins of an octagonal Norman castle. Hart Council says it is "one of the best places to live in the UK".
Its website adds: "You don’t need to take our word for it – we’ve been near or top of the Halifax Quality of Life Survey on several occasions. "In 2020, we were placed third in the top 50 local authorities in the UK. We scored highly on general health and happiness and on life expectancy.
"Men could expect to live an average of 82.5 years (three years above the national average) and women to 85 (two years above the national average). "People who live here also reported high levels of satisfaction with life – 8.
2 out of 10 on average, compared to 7.8 for the UK in general. "Employment levels were also significantly higher for Hart at 87.
2 per cent, compared to 75 per cent for the rest of the country.".
